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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Princess Luise von Hessen-Kassel
(6 generations)


        1. Princess Luise von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 7 September 1817 Rumpenheim
            Died 29 September 1898 Bernstorff
 
        2. Landgraf Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 24 December 1787 Biebrich
            Died 5 September 1867 Copenhagen
            Married 10 November 1810 Castle Amalienborg
        3. Princess Charlotte of Denmark
            Born 30 October 1789 Castle Christiansborg
            Died 28 March 1864 Castle Christiansborg
 
        4. Landgraf Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 11 September 1747 Kassel
            Died 20 May 1837 Rumpenheim
            Married 2 December 1786 Biebrich nr Wiesbaden
        5. Princess Karoline Polyxene von Nassau-Usingen
            Born 4 April 1762 Biebrich
            Died 17 August 1823 Rumpenheim
        6. Prince Fredrik of Denmark
            Born 11 October 1753 Copenhagen
            Died 7 December 1805 Copenhagen
            Married 21 October 1774 Copenhagen
        7. Duchess Sophie Frederikke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 24 August 1758 Schwerin
            Died 29 November 1794 Copenhagen
 
        8. Friedrich II
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1760-1785
            Born 14 August 1720 Kassel
            Died 31 October 1785 Castle Weissenstein
            Married 28 June 1740 Kassel Sep.14-2-1755
        9. Princess Mary of Great Britain and Ireland
            Born 22 February 1723 London, Leicester House
            Died 14 January 1772 Hanau
       10. Prince Karl Wilhelm von Nassau-Usingen
            Born 9 November 1735 Usingen
            Died 17 May 1803 Biebrich
            Married 16 April 1760 Heidesheim
       11. Countess Karoline Felizitas von Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Heidesheim
            Born 22 May 1734
            Died 8 May 1810 Frankfurt am Main
       12. Fredrik V
            King of Denmark and Norway 1746-1766
            Born 31 March 1723 Copenhagen
            Died 14 January 1766 Castle Christiansborg
            Married 8 July 1752 Frederiksborg
       13. Princess Juliane Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 4 September 1729
            Died 10 October 1796 Fredensborg
       14. Duke Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 6 August 1725 Grabow
            Died 12 September 1778 Schwerin
            Married 13 May 1755 Schwerin
       15. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 24 September 1731 Coburg
            Died 2 August 1810 Schwerin
 
 
       16. Wilhelm VIII
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1751-1760
            Born 10 March 1682 Kassel
            Died 1 February 1760 Rinteln
            Married 27 September 1717 Zeitz
       17. Duchess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 20 March 1691 Moritzburg a.d.Elster
            Died 17 March 1743 Kassel
       18. George II
            King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-1760
            Born 30 October 1683 Hannover
            Died 25 October 1760 Kensington Palace
            Married 22 August 1705 Herrenhausen
       19. Markgraefin Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 1 March 1683 Ansbach
            Died 20 November 1737 London, St.James's Palace
       20. Karl
            Fuerst von Nassau-Usingen
            Born 1 January 1712 Usingen
            Died 21 June 1775 Biebrich
            Married 26 December 1734 Eisenach
       21. Duchess Christine Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 3 September 1711 Altenkirchen
            Died 27 November 1740 Idstein
       22. Count Christian Karl Reinhard zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Heidesheim
            Born 7 July 1695 Broich a.d.Ruhr
            Died 17 November 1766 Heidesheim
            Married 27 November 1726 Mettenheim
       23. Countess Catharine Polyxene zu Solms-Rodelheim
             und Assenheim
            Born 30 January 1702 Rodelheim
            Died 21 March 1765 Heidesheim
       24. Christian VI
            King of Denmark and Norway 1730-1746
            Born 30 November 1699 Copenhagen
            Died 6 August 1746 Horsholm
            Married 7 August 1721 Pretsch
       25. Markgr„fin Sofie Magdalena von Brandenburg-Kulmbach
            Born 28 November 1700 Castle Schonberg
            Died 27 May 1770 Christianborg
       26. Ferdinand Albrecht II
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 29 May 1680 Bevern
            Died 3 September 1735 Salzdahlem
            Married 15 October 1712 Braunschweig
       27. Princess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 14 April 1696 Wolfenbuettel
            Died 6 March 1762 Braunschweig
       28. Christian Ludwig II
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1747-1756
            Born 15 May 1683 Grabow
            Died 30 May 1756 Schwerin
            Married 13 November 1714 Guestrow
       29. Duchess Gustave Karoline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
            Born 12 July 1694 Neustrelitz
            Died 13 April 1748 Schwerin
       30. Franz Josias
            Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg 1729-1764
            Born 25 September 1697 Saalfeld
            Died 16 September 1764 Rodach
            Married 2 January 1723 Rudolstadt
       31. Princess Anna Sophie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
            Born 9 September 1700 Rathsfeld
            Died 11 December 1780 Castle Romhild
 
       32. Karl
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1670-1730
            Born 3 August 1654 Kassel
            Died 23 March 1730 Kassel
            Married 21 May 1673 Kassel
       33. Duchess Marie Amalie of Kurland
            Born 12 June 1653 Mitau
            Died 16 June 1711 Weilmuenster
       34. Moritz Wilhelm
            Duke of Saxe-Zeitz 1681-1718
            Born 12 March 1664 Moritzburg a.d.Elster
            Died 15 November 1718 Weida
            Married 5 July 1689 Potsdam
       35. Markgraefin Marie Amalie von Brandenburg
            Born 26 November 1670 Kolln an der Spree
            Died 17 November 1739 Castle Schleusingen
       36. George I
            King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-1727
            Born 28 May 1660 / 7 June 1660 Hannover
            Died 11 June 1727 / 22 June 1727 Osnabrueck
            Married 21 November 1682 Celle Div.28-12-1694
       37. Princess Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle
            Born 10 September 1666 Celle
            Died 13 November 1726 Castle Ahlden
       38. Johann Friedrich
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach 1667-1686
            Born 18 October 1654 Ansbach
            Died 22 March 1686 Ansbach
            Married 4 November 1681 Eisenach
       39. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe Luise of Saxe-Eisenach
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 13 April 1662 Friedewald
            Died 9 September 1696 Castle Pretzsch
       40. Wilhelm Heinrich I
            Fuerst von Nassau-Usingen
            Born 2 May 1684 's-Hertogenbosch
            Died 14 February 1718 Usingen
            Married 15 April 1706 Dillenburg
       41. Princess Charlotte Amalie von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 13 June 1680 Dillenburg
            Died 11 October 1738 Castle Biebrich
       42. Johann Wilhelm
            Duke of Saxe-Eisenach-Jena
            Born 17 October 1666 Friedewald
            Died 4 January 1729 Eisenach
            Married 28 July 1708 Weissenfels
       43. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 3 September 1673 Halle
            Died 28 November 1726 Eisenach
       44. Count Johann Carl August zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Heidesheim
            Born 19 March 1662 Broich a.d.Ruhr
            Died 3 November 1698 Broich a.d.Ruhr
            Married 3 December 1685 Babenhausen
       45. Countess Johanne Magdalene von Hanau-Lichtenberg
            Born 18 December 1660 Bischofsheim
            Died 21 August 1715 Hanau
       46. Count Georg Ludwig zu Solms-Rodelheim
            Born 28 December 1664 Rodelheim
            Died 25 November 1716 Rodelheim
            Married 12 June 1696 Hamburg
       47. Grevinde Charlotte Sibylla af Ahlefeld
            Born August 1672 Copenhagen
            Died 17 February 1726 Frankfurt am Main
       48. Fredrik IV
            King of Denmark and Norway 1699-1730
            Born 11 October 1671 Copenhagen
            Died 12 October 1730 Odense
            Married 5 December 1695 Copenhagen
       49. Duchess Louise von Mecklenburg-Guestrow
            Born 28 August 1667 Guestrow
            Died 15 March 1721 Copenhagen
       50. Markgraf Christian Heinrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
            Born 29 July 1661 Bayreuth
            Died 5 April 1708 Weferlingen
            Married 14 August 1687 Ober-Sulzburg
       51. Countess Sophie Christiane von Wolfstein
            Born 24 October 1667 Sulzburg
            Died 23 August 1737 Fredensborg
       52. Ferdinand Albrecht I
            Duke of Brunswick-Bevern
            Born 22 May 1636 Braunschweig
            Died 23 April 1687 Bevern
            Married 25 November 1667 Eschwege
       53. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Eschwege
            Born 30 October 1649 Kassel
            Died 18 March 1702 Bevern
       54. Ludwig Rudolf
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 22 July 1671 Wolfenbuettel
            Died 1 March 1735 Braunschweig
            Married 22 April 1690 Aurich
       55. Princess Christine Luise zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 20 March 1671 Oettingen
            Died 3 September 1747 Blankenburg
       56. Friedrich I
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 13 February 1638 Schwerin
            Died 28 April 1688 Grabow
            Married 28 May 1671 Weferlingen
       57. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Homburg
            Born 30 June 1653 Bingenheim
            Died 16 May 1722 Grabow
       58. Adolf Friedrich II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1701-1708
            Born 19 October 1658 Grabow
            Died 12 May 1708 Strelitz
            Married 24 September 1684 Guestrow
       59. Duchess Marie von Mecklenburg-Guestrow
            Born 19 July 1659 Guestrow
            Died 16 January 1701 Strelitz
       60. Johann Ernst
            Duke of Saxe zu Saalfeld Coburg
            Born 22 August 1658 Gotha
            Died 17 December 1729 Saalfeld
            Married 2 December 1690 Maastricht
       61. Countess Charlotte Johanna von Waldeck
            Born 13 December 1664 Arolsen
            Died 1 February 1699 Hildburghausen
       62. Ludwig Friedrich I
            Fuerst von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
            Born 15 October 1667 Rudolstadt
            Died 24 June 1718 Rudolstadt
            Married 15 October 1691 Gotha
       63. Duchess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 22 December 1670 Gotha
            Died 28 December 1728 Rudolstadt
 
       64. Wilhelm VI
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1637-1650-1663
            Born 23 May 1629 Kassel
            Died 16 July 1663 Haina
            Married 9 July 1649 Colln a.d.Spree
       65. Markgraefin Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg
            Born 4 July 1623 Berlin
            Died 16 June 1683 Schmalkalden
       66. Jakob
            Duke of Kurland 1639-1682
            Born 7 November 1610 Goldingen
            Died 1 January 1682 Mitau
            Married 9 October 1645 Koenigsbergen
       67. Markgraefin Luise Charlotte von Brandenburg
            Born 13 September 1617 Berlin
            Died 29 August 1676 Mitau
       68. Moritz
            Duke of Saxe-Zeitz 1650-1681
            Born 28 March 1619 Dresden
            Died 4 December 1681 Moritzburg a.d.Elster
            Married 3 July 1656 Weimar
       69. Duchess Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Weimar
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 14 October 1641 Weimar
            Died 11 June 1675 Moritzburg a.d.Elster
       70. Friedrich Wilhelm
            Elector of Brandenburg 1640-1688
            Born 6 February 1620 Berlin
            Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam
            Married 13 June 1668 Groeningen
       71. Princess Dorothea von Holstein-Sonderburg-
            Gluecksburg
            Born 3 March 1636 Gluecksburg
            Died 6 August 1689 Karlsbad
       72. Ernst August
            Elector of Hannover 1692-1698
            Born 20 November 1629 Herzberg
            Died 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen
            Married 17 October 1658 Heidelberg
       73. Princess Sofie von der Pfalz
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
            Born 13 October 1630 's-Gravenhage
            Died 8 June 1714 Herrenhausen
       74. Georg Wilhelm
            Duke of Brunswick-Celle 1665-1705
            Born 26 January 1624 Herzberg
            Died 28 August 1705 Wienhausen
            Married 15 September 1665 Celle
       75. Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse
            Born 13 January 1637 Olbreuse
            Died 5 February 1722 Celle
       76. Markgraf Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 16 September 1620 Ansbach
            Died 22 October 1667 Ansbach
            Married 5 October 1651 Oettingen
       77. Countess Sophie Margarete zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 9 December 1634 Ulm
            Died 26 July 1664 Ansbach
       78. Johann Georg I
            Duke of Saxe-Eisenach 1668-1686
            Born 22 July 1634 Weimar
            Died 29 September 1686 Eckhartshauser Waldung
            Married 8 June 1661 Wohla
       79. Countess Johannette zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
            Born 27 April 1632 Frankfurt am Main
            Died 28 September 1701 Jena
       80. Vollrat
            Fuerst von Nassau-Usingen
            Born 25 February 1635 Metz
            Died 17 October 1702 Roermond
            Married 16 June 1678 Frankfurt am Main
       81. Comtesse Catharina Francisca de Croy-Roeulx
            Died 20 May 1686 Frankfurt
       82. Heinrich
            Fuerst von Nassau-Dillenburg 1662-1701
            Born 28 August 1641 Castle Dillenburg
            Died 18 April 1701 Ludwigsbrunn nr Dillenburg
            Married 23 October 1663 Castle Brieg
       83. Dorothea Elisabeth von Schlesien-Liegnitz
            Born 17 December 1646 Breslau
            Died 9 June 1691 Dillenburg
       84. = 78        85. = 79
       86. Johann Adolf I
            Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels 1680-1697
            Born 2 November 1649 Halle
            Died 24 May 1697 Weissenfels
            Married 25 October 1671 Altenburg
       87. Duchess Johanna Magdalene of Saxe-Altenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 14 January 1656 Altenburg
            Died 22 January 1686 Weissenfels
       88. Count Georg Wilhelm zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Heidesheim
            Born 8 March 1636 Heidesheim
            Died 18 July 1672 Oberstein
            Married 26 March 1658
       89. Countess Anna Elisabeth von Daun-Falkenstein
            Born 1 January 1636
            Died 4 June 1685 Broich a.d.Ruhr
       90. Johann Reinhard II
            Count von Hanau-Lichtenberg in Bischofsheim
            Born 23 January 1628 Buchsweiler
            Died 25 April 1666 Bischofsheim
            Married 18 October 1659 Buchsweiler
       91. Pfalzgraefin Anna Magdalena von Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
            Born 14 February 1640 Bischweiler
            Died 12 December 1693 Babenhausen
       92. Count Johann August zu Solms-Rodelheim
            Born 7 June 1623 Baruth
            Died 23 November 1680 Rodelheim
            Married 13 April 1654 Regensburg
       93. Countess Eleonore Barbara Marie Cratz von Scharffenstein
            Freiin von Riesenberg
            Born 2 November 1629
            Died 26 February 1680
       94. Greve Frederik af Ahlefeld
            Born 1623 Sogaard
            Died 7 July 1686 Copenhagen
            Married 1 December 1668 Emichsburg
       95. Countess Marie Elisabeth zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Hartenburg
            Born 10 March 1648 Hartenburg
            Died 13 April 1724 Augustenburg
       96. Christian V
            King of Denmark and Norway 1670-1699
            Born 25 April 1646 Flensburg
            Died 25 August 1699 Copenhagen
            Married 14 May 1667 Nykoping
       97. Landgraefin Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 27 April 1650 Kassel
            Died 27 March 1714 Copenhagen
       98. Gustav Adolf
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow 1654-1695
            Born 25 February 1633 Guestrow
            Died 5 November 1695 Guestrow
            Married 28 November 1654 Gottorp
       99. Princess Magdalene Sibylle von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 24 November 1631 Gottorp
            Died 22 September 1719 Guestrow
      100. Markgraf Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
             zu Kulmbach
            Born 20 March 1619 Bayreuth
            Died 27 September 1666 Bayreuth
            Married 10 December 1651 Bayreuth
      101. Duchess Marie Elisabeth von Holstein-Sonderburg-
            Gluecksburg
            Born 26 July 1628 Gluecksburg
            Died 6 June 1664 Kulmbach
      102. Count Albrecht Friedrich von Wolfstein
            Born 13 May 1644
            Died 6 November 1693
            Married 25 February 1666
      103. Countess Sophie Luise zu Castell-Remlingen
            Born 8 July 1645
            Died 19 July 1717 Castell
      104. August
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1635-1666
            Born 10 April 1579 Dannenberg
            Died 17 September 1666 Wolfenbuettel
            Married 13 July 1635 Guestrow
      105. Duchess Sophie Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Guestrow
            Born 20 August 1613 Guestrow
            Died 12 July 1676 Luchow
      106. Friedrich
            Landgraf von Hessen zu Eschwege
            Born 9 May 1617 Kassel
            Died 24 September 1655 Kosten nr Posen (in battle)
            Married 6 September 1646 Stockholm
      107. Pfalzgraefin Eleonora Catharina von Zweibruecken-Kleeburg
            Born 17 May 1626 Stegeborg, Ostergothland
            Died 3 March 1692 Osterholz nr Bremen
      108. Anton Ulrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1704-1714
            Born 4 October 1633 Hitzacker
            Died 27 March 1714 Salzdahlum
            Married 27 August 1656 Wolfenbuettel
      109. Princess Elisabeth Juliane von Holstein-Norburg
            Born 3 June 1634 Norburg
            Died 4 February 1704 Wolfenbuettel
      110. Albrecht Ernst I
            1.Fuerst zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 14 May 1642 Oettingen
            Died 8 February 1683 Schrattenhofen
            Married 7 June 1665 Stuttgart
      111. Duchess Christine Friederike von Wuerttemberg
            Born 9 March 1644 Stuttgart
            Died 9 November 1674 Stuttgart
      112. Adolf Friedrich I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin
            Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin
            Married 25 February 1635 Schwerin
      113. Duchess Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 June 1616 Dannenberg
            Died 1 July 1665 Grabow
      114. Wilhelm Christoph
            Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg-Bingenheim 1648-1681
            Born 13 November 1625 Ober-Rosbach
            Died 27 August 1681 Hamburg
            Married 21 April 1650 Darmstadt
      115. Landgraefin Sofie Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 7 January 1634 Darmstadt
            Died 7 October 1663 Darmstadt
      116. = 112      117. = 113      118. = 98       119. = 99
      120. Ernst I "the Pious"
            Duke of Saxe-Gotha 1641-1675
            Born 25 December 1601 Castle Altenburg
            Died 26 March 1675 Castle Friedenstein, Gotha
            Married 24 October 1636 Altenburg
      121. Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 10 October 1619 Halle a.S.
            Died 20 December 1680 Gotha
      122. Josias
            Count von Waldeck
            Born 3 July 1636 Wildungen
            Died 8 August 1669 Candia, Crete
            Married 26 January 1660 Arolsen (or 1659?)
      123. Countess Wilhelmine Christine von Nassau-Siegen
            baptised 10 June 1629 Heusden
            Died 22 January 1707 Saalfeld
      124. Albrecht Anton
            Fuerst von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1646-1710
            Born 2 March 1641 Rudolstadt
            Died 15 December 1710 Rudolstadt
            Married 7 June 1665 Rudolstadt
      125. Countess Amalie Juliane von Barby
            Born 19 August 1637 Rudolstadt
            Died 3 December 1706 Rudolstadt
      126. Friedrich I
            Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1675-1691
            Born 15 July 1646 Gotha
            Died 2 August 1691 Friedrichswerth
            Married 14 November 1669 Halle a.S.
      127. Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 2 September 1648 Halle a.S.
            Died 7 January 1681 Gotha
 
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